Ink-well.



D. A. VALENTINE, INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED 10190.12, 19'06.

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PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

DANIEL A. VALENTINE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

INK-WELL.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed December 12, 1906. Serial No. 347,449.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. VALEN- TINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ink-Wells, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an ink-well and the adaptation to desks and like structures upon which such wells are to be used.

It consists in the combination of parts and in details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a desk, showing the well in place. Fig. 3 is a half-section in elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view.

The body or well A and the cap B are made of any suitable material, preferably cast in glass. The body has a rim or flange 2 at a short distance below the top, and beneath this rim is a wire or equivalent attachment 3, which forms a hinge pin or pivot for the plates 4. These plates are preferably two in number, situated on'opposite sides of the body and capable of being opened and closed, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The cap or cover B is of such size as to fit over the upper portion of the body A, with its lower edge resting upon the projecting flange 2. The sides of this cap or cover have slots or channels 5 formed upon opposite sides and adapted to receive the inturned upper ends of the hinged plates 4, so that when these plates have been thus engaged with the slots or channels 5 the cover is securely locked in place, but may be removed at any time by turning the hinged plates outward sufficiently to release them from the channels.

In the top of the cover B is made a vertical opening, which coincides directly with the interior of the body A.

Within the body A is a plate or lug 9, projecting inwardly at one side and in such a position that when the cover is turned so as to bring the hole 6 over this projection 9 it will be closed and prevent evaporation or loss of ink in this direction.

The slots 5 are made of such length as to allow the cover to be turned far enough in each direction to first close the opening 6 by bringing it to register with the lug 9 and to open it by turning it in a direction to carry it out of line with this lug 9.

The bottom of the well A is made concave, so that the ink when low will all settle into the lowest portion, and by reason of the hole 6 being made vertical through the cover it will be seen that a pen may be introduced directly, so that it will take ink as long as any remains in the well, which is a considerable advantage over devices having openings from one side, so that the pen must be introduced in an inclined position.

The desk or part 10 into which the ink well is to be placed has a hole made in it the upper portion of which is of suflicient diameter to receive the flange 2 and the cover B, which are of approximately the same diameter. The lower part of the holeis sufiiciently smaller, so that the body of the well A will substantially fit this opening.

I11 order to prevent the well from being turned around after being inserted in the part 10, I have shown a lug 11 projecting from one side of the flange 2, and this fits into a corresponding recess or slot 12, made in the side of the upper portion of the hole through the top 10, into which the lug fits when the ink-well is in place. Upon opposite sides of the desk are made small vertical channels 13 of such width and depth as to conveniently receive the hinged links 4, so that when the Well has been inserted in place these links engaging with the grooves 5 will be locked in such engagement by the sides of the hole in the desk, so that it will not be possible to disengage them to allow the cover to be removed, and as the well fits into the desk to a considerable distance it is not easy to remove it except by pressure from below.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in an ink-well of a substantially cylindrical body having a flange projecting around it below the top, a ca or cover closable upon the top of the We 1, with its lower edge resting upon the flange of the body, said cap having short circumferential slots in opposite sides, and.

plates hinged to the body having the free ends inturned and adapted to engage with the slots or grooves of the cover.

2. In an ink-well, a cylindrical body having a projecting circumferential flange below the top, a cap or cover fitting the top of the well with its edge resting upon the flange and having circumferential grooves or channels inthe sides, and a pen-opening through the top, hinge-plates having the upper ends inturned to engage the grooves of the top, and means located beneath the body-flange about which the hinge-plates are turnable to engage or disengage with the cover.

3. In an ink-well, a cylindrical open-top body having a circumferential flange below its upper edge, and an inwardly-projecting lug, a cover fitting the upper portlon of the well, with its lower edge resting upon the body-flange, means by which the cover is retained in place and allowed a limited rotation whereby the hole in the cover is brought to register with the interior of the well, and with the lug by which it is closed.

4:. An ink-well having a concaved bottom, a circumferential flange below the top, a cover, the lower edge of which rests upon the flange, said cover having a hole made vertically through the top, said cover having its opposite sides provided with grooves, plates hinged below the flange of the well having their upper ends adapted to engage the grooves of the cover whereby the cover may be turned in either direction, a lug projecting from the inner and top portion of the well with which the hole in the cover may be turned to register as a closure, and from which it may be returned to allow access to the interior of the well.

5. The combination in an ink-well of a flanged body portion having a lug projecting from one side of the flange, a cover fitting upon the Well and having a vertical penopening, said cover having grooves made in opposite sides, hinges carried by the body adapted to engage or disengage with the grooves of the top, a fixed closing-lug within the well with which the cover-opening may be caused to register, a desk or part having openings made through it to receive the well and the flange and cover portions respectively, said desk having slots into which the hinges and the lug are received to lock the corl ler in place and prevent the turning of the we In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL A. VALENTINE.

WVitnesses:

S. H. N OURSE, FREDERICK E. MAYNARD. 

